Law Lords in Northern Ireland have given an Irish man detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act leave to appeal. Charles Begley claims police wrongly refused to allow his solicitor to attend interviews the police had with him. Begley was detained under s.14 of the 1989 Act on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a leading member of a proscribed organisation. His appeal centres on whether a person arrested under the Act has a right at common law to be accompanied by his solicitor during interviews.
Litigation Writs 18/03/97
The owners of a historic country house in Lincolnshire who say their home life is being ruined by the noise of jet fighters from nearby RAF Wittering flying late into the night are taking the Ministry of Defence to the High Court. Darby and Catherine Dennis, of Walcot Hall, Barnack, Stamford, Lincolnshire, claim that the […]